Broken Rhymes and Rhythms

Revise what you televise The conversations not to be heard Not even whispered or uttered Like heavy breathing in the night Not to be acknowledge Not to be ignored.

As you think through a thick cloud Of lies and judgment You forget who you really are And lose sight of what really defines life.

Holidays come and go People stay and people leave But they stay with you And you keep them close to your heart And in your thoughts But when you fog your mind And abuse your spirit, You lose sight of your dreams And drown in your ego Those forgotten people, They drown with you.

As you judge those surrounding you Finding the bad from the good The light from the dark The right from wrong You forget to judge yourself And think to which side and category you belong.

“Think before you speak” So much easier to be said than done To not opinionate And debate People not to be judged.

Open your doors wide and full To spill and gather Stragglers look for crevices to hide in Pull their hoods up and flee Afraid of being alone Afraid of the rejection that washes them everyday.

What you bathe in is what cleanses you So when your mind is clogged Are you getting cleaned at all? Or just more plugged up and confused More degraded and translated to languages you don’t even understand and try to comprehend.

A face different from the hand that strikes it Stricken and cold Nor warm and loving What has this world become? An internal war you have begun Watch as the minds empty and the bodies fill Watch as you starve the heart and pollute the mind Watch as you destroy what is sacred to create.

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